Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Napoleon's apotheosis anticipated or the wise men of Leipsic sending Boney to heaven before his time!!!.
Call Number
E South 13/GC021/Box 27/Normal/18th-19th c./Artists Wo-Z GA 2011.01104
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc9w032f870
Publisher
London : [s.n.], [1805?]/09/15.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1805
Extent
1 item ; sheet 40.8 x 26 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Allegorical scene. Wise men of Leipzig watch Napoleon struggle as he is lifted to heaven.
Numbered in plate, upper right: "26".
Signed in plate, lower left: "Woodward del.".
Signed with blind stamp, lower right: Encircled bee.

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821—Caricatures and cartoons
Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
France—Kings and rulers19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Apotheosis—Caricatures and cartoons
French—Germany—Leipzig—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5ef6fc1c-ea8a-47e3-86b9-f7d80687cd4b/manifest